We hope this doesn't result in anyone calling to request their pledges back, but Amber Waves made an appearance onWJCT 89.9 FM's First Coast Connect show this morning.

Host Melissa Ross invited us to talk about holiday beers and do an on-the-air tasting. She wisely scheduled us at the end of the show (not a good idea to sample beer and then go on to interview an important public official). But the first segment, a heated discussion about violent crime in Jacksonville, went long. The sheriff even called in on that one.

So we had just enough time to quickly sample three of the top-ranked winter seasonal beers from a recent Amber Waves tasting.

You can listen to the interview on WJCT's website (click on the Monday link under First Coast Connect).

To read more about these beers and other holiday brews, see the Amber Waves column Thursday, Dec. 1, in the Times-Union and on Jacksonville.com.